If you take the attitude of cutting weight everywhere possible, then the weight savings add up pretty quickly. I don't feel like I need to put too fine a point on that because it is obvious to anyone that has tried to live within a monetary budget (same concept). You can go too far though. My bow holder (U slide mini) weighs 8 oz. I was seriously considering spending a good bit of time and money to replicate it out of aluminum and get the weight down to 2 or 3 oz. Something like that is only worthwhile if you actually enjoy the process.
I say get your set up as light as feasible (without extreme expense and effort, unless you enjoy that) and then get to a healthy weight and train. I walk an inclined treadmill with a 40 lbs sand vest. It is great low impact cardio and it makes your pack feel light in the fall.
Great idea on the treadmill
Doing 3.5 mph at 10 degree incline for 60 mins straight no breaks no speed or incline change
But haven’t tried it with weight
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